Eyeglass-case.



J. M. BRADLEY & C. F. PIKE.

EYEGLASS CASE.

APPLICATION men JULY 25. I913 RENEWED MAY 18. 1915.

Patented Oct. 26, 1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed July 25, 1913, Serial No. 781,223. Renewed May 18,1915. Serial No. 29,016.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN M. BRADLEY and CHARLES F. PIKE, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Eyeglass-Cases, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to eyeglass cases and has for its object toprovide a case of improved construction whereby a lens of an eyeglassmay be readily grasped by the thumb'and forefinger upon the edges thereof in order to insert the glass into or remove it from the case.

A further object of the invention is to provide an eyeglass case withimproved means for holding the glass against accidental fallingtherefrom when the user stoops over or reverses the position of thecase.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved eyeglasscase in which provision is made for the accommodation of projections ofthe kinds usually found on glasses.

With these, and other obj ectsas may hereinafter appear, in view, theinvent-ion con sists in the improved construction, arrangement, andcombination of the parts of eyeglass cases which will be hereinafterfully described and afterward specifically claimed.

In order that the construction and operation thereof may be readilycomprehended, we have illustrated approved embodiments of our inventionin the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a view, inside elevation, of an eyeglass case in one of the forms which ourinvention may assume, a pair of eyeglasses being shown therein,principally in dotted lines. Fig. 2, an edge elevation thereof, Figs. 3and 4, respectively, side and edge elevations, showing modified meansfor holding the glasses in the case, and means for accommodatingprojections on the glasses. Fig. 5, a transverse sectional view on theplane indicated by the broken line 55 of Figs. 3 and 4. Fig. 6, a Viewin side elevation showing modified holding and accommodating means,Figs. 7 8, and 9, whole and partial edge elevations, Figs. 10 and 11, apartial side elevation and a transverse section of another modifiedform.

Where any parts are seen in a plurality of the figures of the drawings,they are indicated by the same reference characters.

Referring specifically to the drawings 15, 15, indicate the sides and16, 16, the edges, of an eyeglasscase which may be made of any suitablematerial and of a proper contour to receive the glasses, the upper endbeing open.

In order that the case may be secured to the clothing of the user,'itmay be provided with a hook or catch 17 which, when the case is made ofmaterial to suit, may be made as part of the case, or it may be made ofa separate plate 18, or the case may be secured to the clothing by anysuitable means, such, for instance, as by stitching through holes 19. Bythese means the case may be secured to the garment, or within a pockettherein,

and the glasses removed therefrom, or replaced, therein, without thetrouble of handling the case, thus avoiding the great inconvenience anddelay attending the removal of the case from a pocket, opening it,holding it, in one hand and removing the glasses with the other,returning the glasses to the case, and returning the case to the pocket.

In order that the glasses may be readily removed from the case,especially such glasses as have nothing on the lenses to take hold of,such lenses being shown at 20 and 21 in Figs. 1 and 3, the outer cornersof the case are cut away, as at 22, leaving central tongues 23 whichsubstantially inclose and protect the lens 20, its edges however formore than half its length projecting slightly beyond the tongues inposition to be grasped by the thumb and forefinger and be readilyremoved from the case, or replaced therein, without touching thesurfaces of the lenses with the thumb or fingers.

The lower end of the case is contracted, at 24, making the space betweenthe sides thereof narrow enough to frictionally hold the lens 21 andthus prevent the glasses dropping out of the case when it is inserted,as for instance when a person having a case secured to a garment, stoopsover far enough to ordinarily permit the glasses to drop out.

To accommodate any projection, such as shown in dotted lines at 25 inFig. 3, the contracted end 24: of the case is provided with laterallyprojecting guides defining grooves 26, in which the projection may movewithout friction.

As a modification in the structure of the case, the contracting of thelower end of the case may be omitted, and two frictional projections, asat 27, may be used, inside that end of the case, to prevent the glassesdropping out. These projections, in Figs. 6, 7, and 8, are shown asinwardly bowed springs, being shown in Fig. 9 at 29 as part of thematerial of the case.

In Figs. 1 to 9, the frictional means for holding the glasses in thecase are arranged to bear upon the faces of the lens, but in Figs. 10and. 11, are frictional devices, in the form of. springs 29 to bear uponthe edges of the lens 21 for the same purpose of preventing the glassesdropping out of the case. Both classesof springs may be used in the samecase, if desired.

The glasses will always be in their proper cases and it will not-benecessary to remember which pocket contains the case for the far or forthe near glasses when desired for use.

While we have specifically described the several features comprised inour invention, we-desire it to be understood that changes andvariationsmay be made therein, within the terms of the claims, withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new anddesire to secure byLetters Patent of the Unlted States 1. An eyeglasscase provided at its top with tongues arranged to extend above the edgeof the upper lens of a pair of contained glasses and being of less widththan the lens and of a length to expose the edges of the lens beyond thesides of said tongues for more than half the length of the lens wherebyto permit the lens to be grasped without contact with the intermediatesurface thereof, thus to prevent s nudging.

2. An eyeglass case provided at its bottom portion with means forclamping the lower lens of a pair of contained glasses to retain themwithin the case when the latter is inverted, and having its top providedwith tongues arranged to extend, above the edge of the upper lens of apair of contained glasses and being of less width than the lens wherebyto permit the latter to be grasped without contact with the intermediatesurface thereof, thus to prevent smudging.

3. An eyeglass case provided at its lower portion with means forclamping the lower lens of a pair of contained glasses to retain themwithin the case when the latter is inverted, said clamping means beingcentrally provided with grooves for the reception of projections on thelower lens or on the eyeglass frame.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN M. BRADLEY. CHARLES F. PIKE. Vitnesses:

M. ABnAHMsoN, JOHN A. BARRY.

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. Washington, D. C.

